diff --git a/tests/unit/test_build_depends.py b/tests/unit/test_build_depends.py
index b2aa04e..c5f10ce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_build_depends.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_build_depends.py
@@ -117,6 +117,34 @@ def test_installer_stack_includes_uutils_and_dbus():
     )
 
 
+def test_os_countme_depends_on_curl_and_jq():
+    """os-countme.bst must ship curl and jq through the freedesktop-sdk junction.
+
+    Regression test for projectbluefin/server#96. The curl dependency was
+    inferred rather than verified; the minimal image ships neither curl nor jq,
+    so a wrong junction path fails to resolve and the image will not build.
+
+    The dependency string is ``freedesktop-sdk.bst:components/curl.bst``. FSDK's
+    project.conf sets ``element-path: elements``, so the junction resolves that
+    to ``elements/components/curl.bst``. The pinned FSDK ref
+    (freedesktop-sdk-26.08.0, see elements/freedesktop-sdk.bst) ships both
+    ``elements/components/curl.bst`` and ``elements/components/jq.bst``, so the
+    dependency must stay on this exact path.
+    """
+    countme = ELEMENTS_DIR / "bluefin-server" / "os-countme.bst"
+    data = yaml.safe_load(countme.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    depends = data.get("depends", [])
+
+    assert "freedesktop-sdk.bst:components/curl.bst" in depends, (
+        "os-countme.bst must include freedesktop-sdk.bst:components/curl.bst "
+        "(projectbluefin/server#96)"
+    )
+    assert "freedesktop-sdk.bst:components/jq.bst" in depends, (
+        "os-countme.bst must include freedesktop-sdk.bst:components/jq.bst "
+        "(projectbluefin/server#96)"
+    )
+
+
 def test_os_stack_includes_bash():
     """Bluefin Server OS must include bash for login and interactive access."""
     os_stack = ELEMENTS_DIR / "bluefin-server" / "os-stack.bst"